Bethlehem/ PNN /

A Palestinian shepherd was attacked today by settlers in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, and then detained by the Israeli occupation soldiers, according to a local activist.

Ahmed Ghazal, an activist, said that a group of settlers attacked a number of shepherds while herding their sheep in the open pastures near the illegal settlement of Ebi Hanahel, and beat them injuring one of them before he was arrested by the occupation soldiers.